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Post by Mongo Bears on Sept 17, 2015 22:19:16 GMT -5
As soon as the F turned to an E, wrestling was dead to me Ha, I hear ya on that. I was f'in shocked when I first found out about the name change. That time period really sucked for wrestling fans. First the buyout of WCW then they have to change their name because of a bunch of f*cking pandas! Plus the fact that they put "Entertainment" in the title of the company. I mean we all know its fake but having entertainment in the title just doesnt make it feel like a wrestling 'league' like its supposed to be. I feel like im watching f*ckin Barnum & Bailey circus. I was able to stick around til about 04 though. I really liked the Bischoff era and Evolution. Plus ABA taker was kinda cool, he seemed like a real person and not a cartoon character. I've never watched a match post 2001. Not a lie I'm still obsessed with wwf and wcw
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2015 22:31:04 GMT -5
Ha, I hear ya on that. I was f'in shocked when I first found out about the name change. That time period really sucked for wrestling fans. First the buyout of WCW then they have to change their name because of a bunch of f*cking pandas! Plus the fact that they put "Entertainment" in the title of the company. I mean we all know its fake but having entertainment in the title just doesnt make it feel like a wrestling 'league' like its supposed to be. I feel like im watching f*ckin Barnum & Bailey circus. I was able to stick around til about 04 though. I really liked the Bischoff era and Evolution. Plus ABA taker was kinda cool, he seemed like a real person and not a cartoon character. I've never watched a match post 2001. Not a lie I'm still obsessed with wwf and wcw Hell Yea! WCW 4Life bro. When they died a part of me died.
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Post by Halloween King on Sept 18, 2015 1:23:25 GMT -5
Get the F back in!
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Post by greenjack1992 on Sept 19, 2015 17:55:34 GMT -5
Looking back, I'm glad they changed the name. For me, it's like the Women's championship and the Divas' championship. Trish Stratus was a women's champion, Kelly Kelly most certainly wasn't, but she is a Divas' champion.
The current product isn't WWF, but it is WWE. For me, WWE isn't the same thing as WWF, it's like WWF was Nitro during the winning streak and WWE is Thunder. But Nitro got cancelled and Thunder didn't.
Does that make sense?
As a name, I much prefer WWF but I'm glad the current product hasn't tarnished the name.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Sept 19, 2015 18:04:08 GMT -5
Same thing, but I enjoyed it more as WWF because I was a child then. As soon as the F turned to an E, wrestling was dead to me And yet you signed up to a wrestling forum twelve years later...?
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Post by torriefan4life on Sept 19, 2015 18:05:14 GMT -5
WWF by miles and miles.
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Post by attitudesback on Sept 19, 2015 18:38:59 GMT -5
WWF is better by a million miles and it's not even comparable.
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Post by Sky'sTheLimit on Sept 19, 2015 18:58:03 GMT -5
I'm picking WWE because I only got to watch from the early 2000's, so I missed out bits of the attitude era and WWF, whereas I've been a fan through its time as WWE. However if I were older, the answer might have been different.
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Post by Planktung on Sept 19, 2015 19:01:34 GMT -5
They're the same thing.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2015 19:02:49 GMT -5
Honestly, gotta give the edge to WCW over the WWF rn
WWE has produced more good memories for me though.
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Post by Mongo Bears on Sept 19, 2015 19:12:22 GMT -5
Same thing, but I enjoyed it more as WWF because I was a child then. As soon as the F turned to an E, wrestling was dead to me And yet you signed up to a wrestling forum twelve years later...? It was very easy for me to turn wrestling off at that time because I was 21 and graduated college in 2000 and moved to Tampa Florida from the north east. I had many more awesome things to do rather than sit and watch wrestling. The product on tv obviously changed soon after then and has not interested me since. I watched steadily before that from about 1985 to 2000. Twelve years later I had a three year old son. I got wwe 2k13 and started to teach my son to play. Soon after that came the network and, in my house the footage began again from 1985. I discovered Mattel elite flashbacks randomly online when searching for wrestling action figures for my son for a Christmas present. I saw honky tonk man and angels began singing. Clueless, I registered here about 9 months after I began collecting. I didn't know anything about this forum until I happened upon it. I'm obsessed with Mattel elite flashbacks and building this awesome figure collection for my son. Looking forward to, talking and finding out about the figures has been a fun way to pass time for me. Sorry for the life story. Haha
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2015 19:27:26 GMT -5
WWF for the characters, starpower, and crowds.
WWE for the in-ring product.
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Post by Midnight-Metal-Master on Sept 19, 2015 19:33:31 GMT -5
WWF Those were the best years! 80's-2000 loved the 90s era for WWF. NOTHING will ever compare to those years. There will NEVER be a better or more exciting time than it was back then for Wrestling and Wrestling fans. I hate that we've lost so many superstars from that era. An era that doesn't seem that long ago. WWE or Wrestling in general will never be what it was. As of 2015 wrestling well...that's bullcrapWWE Sucks so bad now its ridiculous I havent watched a Recent WWE Raw or Any event in about 3yrs. I watch Total Divas every week, LOVE THAT SHOW!
Its like comparing Heaven and Hell...WWE Being hell WWF FOREVER!!!
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Post by knupmc on Sept 19, 2015 19:49:14 GMT -5
Lol they're the same thing. Just with different people. But it's all wrestling just with different names.
I like them both. Nothing makes one better than the other imo. Both have kept me eagerly entertained throughout.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Sept 19, 2015 19:54:01 GMT -5
Twelve years later I had a three year old son. I got wwe 2k13 and started to teach my son to play. Soon after that came the network and, in my house the footage began again from 1985. I discovered Mattel elite flashbacks randomly online when searching for wrestling action figures for my son for a Christmas present. I saw honky tonk man and angels began singing. Clueless, I registered here about 9 months after I began collecting. I didn't know anything about this forum until I happened upon it. I'm obsessed with Mattel elite flashbacks and building this awesome figure collection for my son. Looking forward to, talking and finding out about the figures has been a fun way to pass time for me. Sorry for the life story. Haha That's pretty cool -- so essentially, your son resurrected wrestling for you pretty much.
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Post by Mongo Bears on Sept 19, 2015 21:12:13 GMT -5
Twelve years later I had a three year old son. I got wwe 2k13 and started to teach my son to play. Soon after that came the network and, in my house the footage began again from 1985. I discovered Mattel elite flashbacks randomly online when searching for wrestling action figures for my son for a Christmas present. I saw honky tonk man and angels began singing. Clueless, I registered here about 9 months after I began collecting. I didn't know anything about this forum until I happened upon it. I'm obsessed with Mattel elite flashbacks and building this awesome figure collection for my son. Looking forward to, talking and finding out about the figures has been a fun way to pass time for me. Sorry for the life story. Haha That's pretty cool -- so essentially, your son resurrected wrestling for you pretty much. Exactly I don't know if I would ever gotten back into it. At the time I wanted to be playing gta5 instead of wwe 2k13 but I had to because I can't play gta with my kids around. My son got into wrestling so much with that game he loved it.
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Post by Mr Wrestling Jr. on Sept 20, 2015 0:27:34 GMT -5
WWF had awful periods. WWE has awful periods. WWF had awesome times. WWE has awesome times. Its easy to look back at the past and say it was incredible, because we can choose which part of the past we look at. We can completely avoid all the s#!t and only look at the good. Now we can't skip to the good parts because they haven't happened yet. I'll say WWE because that's what it is currently.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2015 5:06:43 GMT -5
Most of my favorite matches happened under the WWF name. Looking back, I'm glad they changed the name. For me, it's like the Women's championship and the Divas' championship. Trish Stratus was a women's champion, Kelly Kelly most certainly wasn't, but she is a Divas' champion. The current product isn't WWF, but it is WWE. For me, WWE isn't the same thing as WWF, it's like WWF was Nitro during the winning streak and WWE is Thunder. But Nitro got cancelled and Thunder didn't. Does that make sense? As a name, I much prefer WWF but I'm glad the current product hasn't tarnished the name. Also, this.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 20, 2015 5:44:37 GMT -5
Looking back, I'm glad they changed the name. For me, it's like the Women's championship and the Divas' championship. Trish Stratus was a women's champion, Kelly Kelly most certainly wasn't, but she is a Divas' champion. The current product isn't WWF, but it is WWE. For me, WWE isn't the same thing as WWF, it's like WWF was Nitro during the winning streak and WWE is Thunder. But Nitro got cancelled and Thunder didn't. Does that make sense? As a name, I much prefer WWF but I'm glad the current product hasn't tarnished the name. Exactly. I wouldn't want to put the WWF and WWE in the same boat. It doesn't feel the same. WWE has been more "glitzy", whilst the WWF felt like a real promotion, more underground (based off late 90s). The name Federation made it seem like a huge deal. Entertainment sounds like it should be on that channel E!. I'm much more glad it isn't called the WWF today, because we wouldn't be having this comparison right now. There was a clear change in product. A change in name suited it. It just isn't the same.
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Post by marino13 on Sept 20, 2015 9:32:24 GMT -5
E or F, I've enjoyed wrestling for 30 years. Never regretted it for a moment and I don't suspect I will any time soon.
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